Perks Become Usable in Upcoming Update for Apex Legends Mobile

Things are about to be more competitive in the upcoming major patch for Apex Legends Mobile. That’s because the game will get a fundamental change that can potentially shake things up in Ranked games.

More specifically, Respawn Entertainment will allow Legend Perks in Ranked Season 3 and beyond. For those who are new to Apex Legends Mobile, each Legend in the game has certain perks that enhance parts of their kit. The new Legend Ash, for example, has the “Enduring Trap” perk that makes her Arc Snare last longer after being thrown out.

It would be interesting to see how Legend Perks can affect Ranked games, but it is something that competitive players might really love.

There are also heaps of balancing changes in the new update. Here are some of them:

WEAPON POOL CHANGES

• Airdrop Weapon Pool changes:
• Added: Prowler, L-STAR
• Removed: EVA-8, Devotion LMG.
• Fully Kitted Weapons:
• Added: Rampage, R-301, VOLT SMG, Sentinel, RE-45
• Removed: Havoc, Prowler, Charge Rifle, Mastiff

WEAPON BALANCING CHANGES

• Devotion LMG basic damage reduced from 17 to 16. Mag size adjusted to 40/44/48/52.
• EVA-8 single pellet damage reduced from 7 to 6.
• L-STAR LMG basic damage increased from 18 to 19. Overheat ammo adjusted to 34, and reserve ammo capacity adjusted to 320.
• Prowler SMG reserve ammo adjusted to 300.
• RE-45 can now equip the Hammerpoint Rounds Hop up. Damage to non-shielded targets increased from 12 to 16.
• Selectfire hop up removed from Battle Royal ground loot pool. Selectfire has been moved to Airdrop prowler SMG.
• Equipping a level 4 shield will cause the Sentinel to only need one shield battery to recharge.

TDM (Team Deathmatch) WEAPON POOL CHANGES

• Added: Rampage, EVA-8, Devotion LMG
• Removed: Prowler, L-STAR

LEGEND BALANCING

• Tactical Ability
  • Cast animation time reduced to 1.5 seconds
  • Cast animation while Bloodhound’s ultimate is active reduced 0.75 seconds
• Ultimate Ability
  • Cast animation is reduced to 1.05 seconds

• Nox Gas Damage
  • Gas base damage increased from 5 to 8.
• Tactical Ability
  • Gas Trap deployment time reduced to 1 second
  • Gas Traps can now be destroyed after they have been triggered. Traps have 150 health and the gas effect will remain for 2s after the trap is destroyed.
• Ultimate Ability
  • Cooldown reduced to 120 seconds

• Tactical Ability
  • Cooldown increased to 25 seconds

LEGEND PERK BALANCING

• Gibraltar
  • Quick Decision: ADS and gun shield open speed increase has been reduced from 50% to 33%
  • Parasite: Health Regeneration effect reduced from 50 to 30.
• Wraith
  • Phase Haste: Boost Effect has been reduced by 10%. Max speed boost has been reduced from 75% to 65%.
• Caustic
  • Airborne Contaminant: Deployment time reduced from 5s to 2.5 seconds

The new update for Apex Legends Mobile is expected to drop on October 18 at 8 p.m. EST.